The James Logan Courier

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Summer School Applications Now Available! Students, do you need to make up a failed class, or improve a pesky “D” you may have on your transcript? Well, summer school applications are now available in the counseling center. Adult School offerings will be limited this summer, so be sure to submit your signed summer school application by April 30th for preferred placement and registration. We have some interesting new offerings available this year, so check it out. See your counselor, Mr. Brar or Mr. Smith for more information.

Attention Students: As detailed in the Student Handbook, inappropriate displays of affection or sexual contact between two persons are not allowed. Parent contact will be made for those students unwilling to cooperate. Defiance of this policy will result in suspension.

By Omar Alimi, Courier Staff Writer

After 2 years of construction, confusion and anticipation, the new Performing Arts Center at Logan will finally be open to the public, starting with the official Dedication Ceremony, which begins tomorrow at 4:30 pm.

By Laurel Brodzinsky, Courier Staff Writer

After 36 long years of service to New Haven Unified School District Don Montoya is retiring at the end of the 2009-2010 school year, in June.

Montoya had been planning on retiring for a few years, but “stretched out” his retirement date a few years. He is currently the Director of Student Services after seven years as principal of James Logan High. Montoya spent 22 years as an administrator in the district after 12 years as a science teacher at Logan and graduating from Logan in 1969. He will be replaced as Director of Student Services, though he says that “the job responsibilities will likely get divided-up a bit. That is still an ongoing conversation, so it is too soon to state exactly what will occur”. New Haven has experienced significant financial problems lately and has had to cut many staff and put even more work on the remaining workers.

By Alexys Cran, Courier Staff Writer

Powder Puff practice for seniors started Monday at 4:30 P.M. for both cheerleaders and football players. Both practices for seniors go from 4:30 to 6:30 P.M. at the big green and the football field, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday. There are no practices on Wednesdays because of track meets. Powder Puff practice for juniors is every weekday from 5:00 to 7:00 P.M.

Many juniors and seniors did join the Powder Puff activities, however there are more than 100 girls who joined the senior football team and cuts will be made because there are only 99 jerseys available. Cuts will be determined by attendance, as 10 hours of practice is the minimum amount of hours to be on the team. They will also be decided on commitment and ability.

By Steve Alexander
Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (MCT)

MINNEAPOLIS — Two senators are pushing legislation that would force the makers of consumer file-sharing programs to warn users how much information they may be giving away.
A bill introduced by Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., seeks to protect consumers who don't understand that peer-to-peer Internet file-sharing programs may inadvertently open their computers to ID theft or other harmful snooping by unscrupulous users of such programs.

By Billy O'Keefe
McClatchy-Tribune (MCT)

An uncommonly high number of games that owe an uncommon amount of debt to "God of War" rolled out quickly and furiously in the early going of 2010, and upon completion of "God of War III," it's pretty clear why they did.

They wanted to get out of this thing's way, and with good reason.

To keep the conversation grounded: No, "GOW3" doesn't shake up the formula — brutal third-person melee combat combined with ambitious environmental puzzle-solving — that made its predecessors among the best games in the Playstation 2's and Playstation Portable's libraries.